Standard

Definition

• The goal of standardization is to improve efficiency of actions and interactions.

There are various degrees of technical standards:

1. "Real standards" of very high formal quality adopted by bodies such as ISO, IEE, IEC, ITU, etc.
2. Standards like the W3C "Recommendations" or the IETF "Requests for Comments" (RFCs) or the OASIS document standards.
3. De facto standards (usually no formalization at all) like Microsoft products.

• Standards can be [[Wikipedia:Open standard�open]] or propriety. Open means publicly available, not necessarily free.

Standards in educational technology

Data standards

• SCORM
• IMS Content Packaging
• IEEE Learning Object Metadata Standard (LOM)

Pedagogical standards

• There are no real standards, but the closet things are Instructional design methods or data standards like IMS Learning Design or even IMS Content Packaging if one considers that "shovelware" or "page turners" are a standard pedagogical design ;)

Some technical standards of interest

General Standards for the Internet

There are various standardization bodies and procedures:

• See the Wikipedia:Internet standard entry for details